Every great book quietly argues with an older one. Some books are best read in one sitting; others need a month and a pencil. The footnotes were better than many novels I read this year.
The short version
Reading before bed works best on paper and badly on a phone. I underlined less this year and remembered more. Libraries remain the best recommendation engine ever built.
Good translation is invisible until you compare two of them. The first chapter was slow, and the slowness was the point.
Trade-offs
Libraries remain the best recommendation engine ever built. The first chapter was slow, and the slowness was the point. Poetry rewards reading aloud, even to an empty room. The footnotes were better than many novels I read this year.
Every great book quietly argues with an older one. A short story can hold a whole life in twenty pages.
Getting started
Abandoning a book is allowed and sometimes wise. A short story can hold a whole life in twenty pages. Every great book quietly argues with an older one. The author never explains the ending, and that is generous.
Some books are best read in one sitting; others need a month and a pencil. Good translation is invisible until you compare two of them.
Every great book quietly argues with an older one. Some books are best read in one sitting; others need a month and a pencil.
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